How to Change the Default File Location in FrontPage Express

ID: Q175485

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows NT 4.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to change the default file location in Microsoft FrontPage Express. FrontPage Express is a Web authoring and publishing add-on component for Internet Explorer.

MORE INFORMATION

When you open or save a file in FrontPage Express, the default file location is set to <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage Express\Bin, where <drive> is the drive on which the Program Files folder is located. To change the default file location in FrontPage Express, follow these steps:

1. Right-click Start, and then click Explore.

2. Double-click the Programs folder, and then double-click the Internet

   Explorer folder.

3. Right-click the FrontPage Express shortcut, click Properties, and

   then click the Shortcut tab.

4. In the Start In box, type the following line for the new default

   file location, and then click OK

      <path>\<folder>

   where <path> and <folder> specify the new default folder for FrontPage
   Express files. For example, type:

      "c:\my documents"

NOTE: If you use a folder name that contains spaces or exceeds eight characters in length, enclose the path in quotation marks.

Additional query words: 4.00 5.00

Keywords          : kbenv msiew95 msient msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,5.0,98
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: March 18, 1999